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obama administration tried, as well. the question is how many people in the justice department knew about it and when asked by congress, did they cover it up. there is no evidence that they did. this is republicans in congress trying to cause trouble. more with the bill press show on the other side of this break. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ ♪ [[vo]]joy behar is on current tv for one week only her unique mix of comedy and politics to current tv. >> it's like a reality show, they're just turning cameras on and we just do our thing. >>politically direct to me means no b.s., the real thing, cutting through the clutter. i'm energized to start my show everyday because it's fun, because i care about what's going on in this country, rather than some sort of tired banter it is actual water cooler talk it's the way people really talk about these issues. we've always considered ourselves a comedy show. let me just say i am not ready for my close up. i think it's important to laugh. i think it will be exciting, because you
obama administration tried, as well. the question is how many people in the justice department knew about it and when asked by congress, did they cover it up. there is no evidence that they did. this is republicans in congress trying to cause trouble. more with the bill press show on the other side of this break. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ ♪ [[vo]]joy behar is on current tv for one week only her unique mix of comedy and politics to current tv. >> it's like a reality show,...
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why is the obama administration doing it? senator brown will be here. you better be here, too tomorrow. see you then. have a good one!
why is the obama administration doing it? senator brown will be here. you better be here, too tomorrow. see you then. have a good one!
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the obama administration rejected two new g.o.p. proposals. one would increase cost of retirement for federal employees and the second cut into medicaid. democrats wanted to pay by letting some small businesses avoid paying payroll taxes. every senate republican has voted against the paycheck fairness act for the second time in two years. the bill would have stopped employers from retaliating against employees who disclose salaries and made it easier for women to sue for paycheck discrimination. we are back with more after the break. you can join us online current.com/billpress. we we will see you there. photos current tv. >>you just have to conclude that the leadership of high finance just doesn't get it. >>(narrator) independent unflinching, and above all politically direct. really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline, anytime. hey, i
the obama administration rejected two new g.o.p. proposals. one would increase cost of retirement for federal employees and the second cut into medicaid. democrats wanted to pay by letting some small businesses avoid paying payroll taxes. every senate republican has voted against the paycheck fairness act for the second time in two years. the bill would have stopped employers from retaliating against employees who disclose salaries and made it easier for women to sue for paycheck...
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the obama administration would rather talk about that. if there is not an agreement on the documents that darryl isa wants, the vote will happen quickly and the obama white house will want it to happen so everyone can move on, it's not going to be a long drawn out process as far as negotiations are concerned? >> well, as far as everyone moving on, i doubt that's going to happen. you know, there is a lot of intensity surrounding this fast and furious probe, particularly on the part of folks on the right. i don't think if you walk down the street and ask random people what they knew about it or if they were worried about it you would get much response. but if you go into the chat rooms on conservative websites and if you watch fox news or if you are in communication regularly with the national rifle association, you would think operation fast and furious and the justice department's handling of it was something that was entirely outrageous and the top obama administration officials knew all about it and perhaps deliberately launched it as p
the obama administration would rather talk about that. if there is not an agreement on the documents that darryl isa wants, the vote will happen quickly and the obama white house will want it to happen so everyone can move on, it's not going to be a long drawn out process as far as negotiations are concerned? >> well, as far as everyone moving on, i doubt that's going to happen. you know, there is a lot of intensity surrounding this fast and furious probe, particularly on the part of...
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administration starting this afternoon when the president who is called the white house -- us white house reporters together for a major speech on deficit reduction, how to avoid the fiscal cliff, and what to do about the debt ceiling crisis as well. the president is going to lay that out and defy members of congress saying this is the will of the people, the work of the people, this is what we have got to get done, so let's get right to it. i'll be down there this afternoon, but we'll talk a lot today about what we expect to hear from the president. and we want to hear from you as well. give us a call at 866-55-press. that number gets busy very quickly, so the quicker your call, the better your chance of getting on the air. you can also tweet us @bpshow, and on facebook at facebook@billpressshow. and you can have it out with your fellow full court pressers by going to current.com and then clicking on the chat room and you are in you are in. peter ogburn and dan henning, members of team press on duty this friday morning. >> happy friday. >> good morning. >> and siprion bolling. he h
administration starting this afternoon when the president who is called the white house -- us white house reporters together for a major speech on deficit reduction, how to avoid the fiscal cliff, and what to do about the debt ceiling crisis as well. the president is going to lay that out and defy members of congress saying this is the will of the people, the work of the people, this is what we have got to get done, so let's get right to it. i'll be down there this afternoon, but we'll talk a...
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administration's economic failures. >> we know that actually the obama administration is responsible for taking us from 800,000 jobs being lost to gaining over 100,000 jobs on average for the last few months. we had 5.1 million jobs created over the course of the last 30 months. the middle class most people believe, the middle class is doing better today than at the end of the bush administration, but let's hear what joe biden actually does think. >> gentlemen it's never never never been a good bet to bet against the american people. never. >> woo-hoo! that's sungle joe in full recovery mode. >> who doesn't like uncle joe? i like him warts and all. apparently the ladies love cool joe. >> nothing excited me more than to see that picture of him with the bikers. you've seen that picture. >> yes. i was a little nervous to see that woman was sitting in his lap. she was not actually in his lap. i was fortunate to take my mother to the white house for an event. she was happy to meet one of the members of the four tops as anybody in the administration. when we get there she meets joe biden.
administration's economic failures. >> we know that actually the obama administration is responsible for taking us from 800,000 jobs being lost to gaining over 100,000 jobs on average for the last few months. we had 5.1 million jobs created over the course of the last 30 months. the middle class most people believe, the middle class is doing better today than at the end of the bush administration, but let's hear what joe biden actually does think. >> gentlemen it's never never never...
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so you mentioned a you don't think the obama administration or the obama campaign is going to let them forget this. it happens today, frank, at the whitehouse, the president is hosting a white house forum on women and the economy. >> i am not. i think there will will be many more such forums. the republican party has a primary. the republican party has a problem, it is demographically extremely limited patter. it is principal white men and they now have a problem with two major minorities in this country, african-americans and hispanics which they have exacerbated throughout campaign and a problem with the majority women. and i think the obama administration has a lot of leeway here to capitalize on that politically and frankly, they should. and, you know, for instance, just to take -- to go back to a couple of these other points: race, romney was asked a very simple question after last week about the fact that the mormon church was incredibly slow -- i might argue criminally slow -- to give blacks equal status to whites. it didn't happen until after the civil civil rights had gained a
so you mentioned a you don't think the obama administration or the obama campaign is going to let them forget this. it happens today, frank, at the whitehouse, the president is hosting a white house forum on women and the economy. >> i am not. i think there will will be many more such forums. the republican party has a primary. the republican party has a problem, it is demographically extremely limited patter. it is principal white men and they now have a problem with two major minorities...
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so obviously it is still a little bit high under the obama administration. but it is not difficult finding the facts on this stuff. so it was a willful disregard for the truth. they simply wanted to put out propaganda. it is outrageous. anybody who think that fox news is a legitimate news organization ought to have their head examined. >> bill: my question is then how can fox continue -- of course roger -- roger ails says i knew something about this. all three hosts were praising the producer for all of the tremendous hours of research he put into putting this together. he got that right from the rnc, right? he got it right from the romney campaign. how can they continue to present themselves as a fox news? >> they can't. it is a charade over there. it is an embarrassing charade. they're a national shame and the fact of the matter is they want to blame this on a silly producer. bill, as you know, you cannot do a four and a half minute spot for television with music and graphics and with clips without at least several people spending a lot of time on this and
so obviously it is still a little bit high under the obama administration. but it is not difficult finding the facts on this stuff. so it was a willful disregard for the truth. they simply wanted to put out propaganda. it is outrageous. anybody who think that fox news is a legitimate news organization ought to have their head examined. >> bill: my question is then how can fox continue -- of course roger -- roger ails says i knew something about this. all three hosts were praising the...
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the justice garment is part of the obama administration. so that's my question from this end. but what's -- how did it go yesterday? we had we go down to greensboro north carolina, to sell hello this morning, early this morning to josh girstein for politico.com. hi josh. >> good morning. bill. how are you? >> all right. how did it go yesterday? what was the scene there with john edwards? did he appear confident, comfortable? nervous? what was your read? >> i got the sense that he was somewhat nervous. he had pretty much sort of a dour expression on the whole day. there were no smiling or joking moments. >> yeah. >> that he could see. he was pretty much dead serious. but, you know, he is a trial lawyer. so i think he is probably used to keeping his emotions in check publically, and he was definitely deeply involved in the final stage there of jury selection as they were striking particular jurors. he was sort of glancing over his half glasses, reading glasses there at individual jurors and chatting with both his lawyers and his daughter, kate who is also a lawyer, was sitting,
the justice garment is part of the obama administration. so that's my question from this end. but what's -- how did it go yesterday? we had we go down to greensboro north carolina, to sell hello this morning, early this morning to josh girstein for politico.com. hi josh. >> good morning. bill. how are you? >> all right. how did it go yesterday? what was the scene there with john edwards? did he appear confident, comfortable? nervous? what was your read? >> i got the sense that...
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we are in fact drilling more under president obama than we were under the bush administration. during the president's first three years in office, national production was up 12%. obama had it right when he said that during his administration, enough oil and gas pipelines have been built to circle the entire globe. more bill press is coming up right after the break. stay with us. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... build a ground-breaking car. good. now build a time machine. go here, find someone who can build a futuristic dash board display. bring future guy back. watch him build a tft display like nothing you've ever seen. get him to explain exactly what that is. the thin film transistor display... [ male announcer ] m
we are in fact drilling more under president obama than we were under the bush administration. during the president's first three years in office, national production was up 12%. obama had it right when he said that during his administration, enough oil and gas pipelines have been built to circle the entire globe. more bill press is coming up right after the break. stay with us. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and...
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. >> that's exactly what the church -- what the government, the obama administration is not doing. it is not telling the church it has to change its position. it is not telling catholics they have to use bit control. it is not telling the priests they're wrong. it is saying every woman has access to it. it is up to her whether she decides to use it or not. if she goes along with the teaching of the church and 98% of catholic women do not. so that's the church's problem. not our problem. and it is no interference with religious freedom at all and yet dolan keeps saying man we're going to continue to fight obama. >> we didn't ask for the fight but we're not going to back away from it. what i would say is this yeah, i don't think religion should be too involved in politics but i also don't think the government in politics should be overly involved in the church. that's our problem here. you've got a dramatic, rad alintrusion of a bureaucracy and the internal life of the church. that bothers me. hear me say hey, i would like to back away from this. i have other things to worry about an
. >> that's exactly what the church -- what the government, the obama administration is not doing. it is not telling the church it has to change its position. it is not telling catholics they have to use bit control. it is not telling the priests they're wrong. it is saying every woman has access to it. it is up to her whether she decides to use it or not. if she goes along with the teaching of the church and 98% of catholic women do not. so that's the church's problem. not our problem....
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and with obama's administration and with our fighting for it, we changed it last year to drop the word forcible. but they want it in. they want to go back to the '20s. 1920s, that is. a century ago. when women really were accused for being raped. >> bill: and so this -- i mean when you talk about a republican war on women that's not an exaggeration, is it? sadly. >> it isn't. that's why we started the terminology. we were one of the groups that started it in 2004. they keep introducing more and more punitive legislation against women. i mean and i mean punitive legislation. how dare them to introduce measures, no rape for any reason. no exceptions. what? she doesn't exist? she's just a vessel? her life, her health matters. they don't even put exceptions in there for the health of the woman. her health doesn't matter. her being doesn't matter. why? what are they doing? they show their machoism -- i don't believe this is conservatism by the way. this is active reactionaries. based on false science you know. they make fun of scientists. then they -- when he gets caught with this extreme s
and with obama's administration and with our fighting for it, we changed it last year to drop the word forcible. but they want it in. they want to go back to the '20s. 1920s, that is. a century ago. when women really were accused for being raped. >> bill: and so this -- i mean when you talk about a republican war on women that's not an exaggeration, is it? sadly. >> it isn't. that's why we started the terminology. we were one of the groups that started it in 2004. they keep...
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he not only said that picking sarah palin was a mistake he says that he and george bush, not barack obama, deserve all the credit for getting osama bin laden. >> number three. >> a lot of that intelligence that laid the groundwork for what ultimately led to the capture of bin laden came from the bush administration. >> yeah. it came as a result of doing nothing on the part of george w. bush. we lost gore vidal this week. we remember him among other things for a very spirited ugly debate on at-bats with william f. buckley, jr. >> it is a novelty in chick that is too bad that i assume is to the point of american democracy -- >> shut up a minute. >> the answer is that they were well-treated by people who as true sized them and i'm for ostracizing people who egg on people who shoot american marines and soldiers. >> you think of yourself. i'll only say that. >> >> let's stop calling them that and stay placid. >> he can go back to his pornography and go back to his illusion of the infantry in the last war. >> bill, i should apologize. i accidentally played the tape of you and novak from crossfi
he not only said that picking sarah palin was a mistake he says that he and george bush, not barack obama, deserve all the credit for getting osama bin laden. >> number three. >> a lot of that intelligence that laid the groundwork for what ultimately led to the capture of bin laden came from the bush administration. >> yeah. it came as a result of doing nothing on the part of george w. bush. we lost gore vidal this week. we remember him among other things for a very spirited...
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had in libya we're talking about a bush and cheney era black sight that the obama administration would be protecting. this, to me, seems like it is potentially a huge story but i notice the mainstream media seems loath to cover it. do you have any thoughts on this? it is still in the rumor phase. the fact is it is the biographer that wound up being petraeus' paramour saying it makes it crazy on 25 different levels. >> this entire story. you need like eight different flowcharts or web charts to explain it. >> john: you can't make a movie. it has an mini series for 13 hours. >> it is way too complicated. it is starting to incorporate benghazi and the foreign policy issues. particularly on -- right now in some ways, it is a all circumstantial. do we trust paula broadwell? we trust what she was saying because she was sleeping with david petraeus or is that totally irrelevant? we don't know yet. >> john: that's how the fbi got gotti. do you think that if that were the case, if that attack was motivated because there was a secret c.i.a. black sight prison somewhere in the consulate this is w
had in libya we're talking about a bush and cheney era black sight that the obama administration would be protecting. this, to me, seems like it is potentially a huge story but i notice the mainstream media seems loath to cover it. do you have any thoughts on this? it is still in the rumor phase. the fact is it is the biographer that wound up being petraeus' paramour saying it makes it crazy on 25 different levels. >> this entire story. you need like eight different flowcharts or web...
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it was because it happened during his administration. now, somebody else pointed out so romney -- lately, he's been having news conference after news conference with these republican women standing up saying, you know there's no war on women. and we're here to tell you that. and these are women who have consistently voted against their own gender as members of congress like the lilly ledbetter act and other things, correct? >> that's correct. yesterday he held a whole series of conference calls to capitalize on this rosen thing. he put forward his four congresswomen who had all voted against the lilly ledbetter pay act of 2009 which was of course, the first law that president obama signed after he came into office. a law that had been blocked by republicans the year before and that was almost uniformly blocked by republicans that year. and to help them decrease the gender pay gap. and then when romney's campaign was asked about it, what romney himself thought when he's putting out all of the surrogates who voted against it, they said let
it was because it happened during his administration. now, somebody else pointed out so romney -- lately, he's been having news conference after news conference with these republican women standing up saying, you know there's no war on women. and we're here to tell you that. and these are women who have consistently voted against their own gender as members of congress like the lilly ledbetter act and other things, correct? >> that's correct. yesterday he held a whole series of conference...
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obama are both shocked and saddened and that his administration will do everything it can to support aurora during this difficult time. we are hearing from local witnesses on the ground in aurora. here is what one of them had to say about the shooting. >> it took me a second to realize what was actually going on. and as people were running away, i hit the ground so i wouldn't be hit. all i saw, i heard the sound of metal canisters clinking around and i saw plumes of smoke. >> the shooting took place at a local movie theater in aurora during the premier of "batman: the dark knight." the denver post is reporting two are in critical condition at a local hospital. police say the suspect is in custody. mitt romney has responded to the shooting as well and said he will be praying for those families. looking ahead into the rest of the day and into the weekend, pompom will wrap up his two-day swing through florida. he won the state in 2008 but a bad economy and a tough housing market could spell trouble for him there this year. is plan is to court the elderly quote saying mitt romney medicar
obama are both shocked and saddened and that his administration will do everything it can to support aurora during this difficult time. we are hearing from local witnesses on the ground in aurora. here is what one of them had to say about the shooting. >> it took me a second to realize what was actually going on. and as people were running away, i hit the ground so i wouldn't be hit. all i saw, i heard the sound of metal canisters clinking around and i saw plumes of smoke. >> the...
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in this case it's president obama with ohio. ohio took home four time as much energy as any other state from the clen energy tax credit and it has the largest loan in the history of the u.s. small business administration. we are back with more bill press live at the break. and as always we are in chat at current.com/billpress. all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire ♪ [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts, more events more experiences. [ jack ] hey, who's boring now? [ male announce
in this case it's president obama with ohio. ohio took home four time as much energy as any other state from the clen energy tax credit and it has the largest loan in the history of the u.s. small business administration. we are back with more bill press live at the break. and as always we are in chat at current.com/billpress. all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual...
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. >> bill: the administration will not defend it. eric holder, barack obama say no. >> not doing it, right. they've spent $1.5 million over the past two years the house g.o.p. and paul clement spent $1.5 million defending this. that's your tax dollars going to work fellas. just want you to know. and they've reached their cap now. so apparently they can't do more. so i don't know what they're going to do. >> bill: they'll give them more money. >> they'll have to go back and get more money. it is really amazing that that kind of money is going into defending this thing. >> bill: i don't want to be defending doma. >> right. >> so the other case they took -- everybody expected them to take the doma case, right? it has been declared unconstitutional ten times. that section in particular. and but the other case was the proposition 8 case. most legal observers thought that the supreme court would stay away from taking what's known as the perry case, commonly called the perry or prop 8 case. this case is -- the case where california voters i
. >> bill: the administration will not defend it. eric holder, barack obama say no. >> not doing it, right. they've spent $1.5 million over the past two years the house g.o.p. and paul clement spent $1.5 million defending this. that's your tax dollars going to work fellas. just want you to know. and they've reached their cap now. so apparently they can't do more. so i don't know what they're going to do. >> bill: they'll give them more money. >> they'll have to go back...
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the obama administration condemning the latest from the syrian -- >> good for him. [ laughter ] >> the one thing that is a constant about shep's show the 3:00 show is different -- studio b is slightly different from his show at 7:00 but studio b has an informality to it and there are times when shep says look, i'm not just the guy reading the words. i'm here to distill and cut through some of the stuff. there are times when he does do exactly that. this is not the only example. i'm sure youtube is chock with times that he's like what are you talking about? this isn't real. tell me something that's not written in the blackberry. something refreshing about that. even though sometimes it is discordonned with what they expect to hear. >> bill: i think that's what people want to see. listen i always like shep. i fell in love with him during katrina. don't give me that b.s. about fema doing a good job. i'm down here. >> shep has a real authenticity and a voice. he's also -- people don't understand how good he is. i've watched him on the fly. i've watched him when breaking news blows apart hi
the obama administration condemning the latest from the syrian -- >> good for him. [ laughter ] >> the one thing that is a constant about shep's show the 3:00 show is different -- studio b is slightly different from his show at 7:00 but studio b has an informality to it and there are times when shep says look, i'm not just the guy reading the words. i'm here to distill and cut through some of the stuff. there are times when he does do exactly that. this is not the only example. i'm...